A simple Approach to Circular Breathing on the Didgeridoo For Beginners
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2021
- Additional Notes:
Please note that to start with for learning circular breathing it's best to breathe on every 'one' or cycle (every time you squeeze air out of jaw or cheeks and sniff in). In time and after nailing the circular breathing with experience you can then find your own natural breathing pattern, ie how often you breathe.
Some people get the stage 2 of circular breath easier by doing it slowly while others find it easier to doing it quickly: quick sniff in whilst quick squeeze out of air or slow sniff in and slow squeeze out of air. Just find what works best for you or practise both.
I've concentrated on just getting the basic technique so that you can focus purely on getting that without any other complications. As I've mentioned in the video, you can then develop your breathing in time to make it more technically proficient and healthy by using your diaphragm. Diaphragmatic breathing is a subject in itself.
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The best simple breakdown ive seen by far.
Thanks for your reply to tutorial
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS! I have been watching many tutorials and this is the very best one.
Thankyou for your feedback. Glad to hear it's helping😊
Yep, best, simplest.
In Aboriginal culture women are not meant to play the didgeridoo. Im not meaning anything by it myself, I just thought you might want to know incase you don't, cause Im not sure if many people would be game enough to bring it up these days...
@@JoshPhoenix11 Hi, I'm fully aware of the First Nations people of Australia. That can be true that women in First Nations culture of Australia in certain clans are not meant to play didgeridoo/yidaki. However, there is also a discernment in women not playing in the spiritual traditions but being able to play in an entertainment sense, according to the clan. A lot of people don't understand this issue properly and get confused. Also it is not my responsibility if a person, of whatever gender, decides to watch my tutorials or not. Of course, the rule of women not playing didgeridoo doesn't apply to women outside of that Australian cultural context. One last point: many Indigenous Australians don't like to like to be associated with the word "Aboriginal" any more because of the association of it used there in a derogatory way. So it is better to use the terms they are happier with, which is either First nations people of Australia or Indigenous Australians.
Thanks for this. Out of all the other instructions yours was the best.
You're welcome. Good luck with it😊
This break down of circular breathing was really effective.
Glad it was helpful
Good explanation John thanks.
Thing I have been missing stage 3, thankyou I will try this!
Mr John ..... thank you 🙏 I'm hoping that you will continue to make such great tutorials..... I've watched many different tutors but for some reason i just connect so much better with what you are saying my friend .... thank you thankyou thankyou 🙏❤️🙏
Hi, glad you found it helpful😊
Thanks for useful tips.
THX brother Thorpe. Shed much light
Your recordings are amazing Mr. John. I hope everyone here listens to your CD / Spotify tracks, brilliant really. Thanks.
That's a lovely comment and feedback. Thankyou.
I build my own didges but I have the breath bump issue, thank you for the teaching.
Building your own sticks, a good skill to have! Thanks for feedback😊
Thank you very much!!! Very helpfull!!
This is 5:50 great can’t wait to try - need to do 20 min worth at least to incorporate into my work 6:17
Glad you found it helpful
Helpful thanks
Thank you, John. Your advice and lessons are very good, and easily understood.
I recently purchased a second didge because I just can't seem to transition with my circular breathing to keep a constant drone. I thought, perhaps, that my first didge just didn't provide enough back pressure. But I have the same issue with the new one as well.
I pretty much have circular breathing down (either just practicing without an instrument, or using the straw and water technique), so I guess it's just going to take more patience and practice on my part.
Thznk you for all of your videos. As they say, "You da man!"
Thanks for the feedback. If you have the circular breathing, yes it just a case of transfering it on didge. Easiest pipe to learn on is plastic tube 32mm internal bore around 4ft long. It's lightweight nature also helps. And it's easy to cut down piece of plastic waste pipe you get from hardware store or builders merchants. But if your new stick easy to play but you just finding it difficult to get CB on it, then use the CB off stick practise and do same motion on stick even if you don't get drone properly, and you kind of just keep trying that and sort of go for it, if that makes sense😊
I appreciate the additional advice, John. I'll keep working at it.
Have a great day, good Sir, and thank you again for your videos!
Thank you sir
Thanks John 🇦🇺
Definitely the best one I've seen
Thanks for you response🤗
Thanks a lot John, this helped me out a lot, especially me being a slow learner… but once I get it I really get it, if you know what mean.
Glad it helped🤗
thanks
Getting rid of the gap means learning to make the cheek/tongue blow last longer than the inward sniff. That’s the hardest part. Plus I got a told in by doze today.
It's more to do with the transition between swapping over from the in breath to the out breath (same as out breath to in breath) than how long you're squeezing out air in relation to sniff. If the cheek squeeze (not blow) or tongue push didn't last longer than sniff, the air transformed into lip vibration would just stop. Keep in mind that when you first get the technique of circular breathing, there is usually the gap that is either a short stop (where drone stops) or where the pressure dips considerably reducing the lip vibration and making the drone almost disappear. It varies from individual to individual. It's worth practising long sniffs and short sniffs and experiment.
But it's usually a time process and practise where the gap will start to get less and less as you play. Also, in future you can use the transition in more advanced playing as part of the beat! This is where circular breathing is integrated into your rhythmic playing! Hope that makes sense and good luck😊
Another point to remember is that when you transition from in breath(through nose) to out breath from lungs(diaphragm) the back of the tongue drops down as part of that transition. The transition the other way round when you go back to sniff in, the back of tongue closes again to lock the air compartment in cheek area inside in order to be able to squeeze air out of them while sniffing in. It's just down to the mechanics of what's happening inside the mouth. Some people like to know this, others don't. But you can become aware of everything that is happening by paying attention to what's going on inside the mouth when you practise🤗
@@johnthorpedidge Many thanks, when my nose has cleared the junk out, i’ll practice again. I know i’m close to success.
Excellent lesson. Best explanation I have seen, motivated me to push on.
Nice playing also👍
Glad you got something out of the video😊
Great teacher..
Will be watching daily until I get it down! thank you so much!! 🙏🏽
stage 1 air in cheeks squeeze it out trap air with back of tongue move jaw up or squeeze it which ever is easier for u
stage 2 trap air with tongue while sniffing in air through nose simultaniously
stage 3 simply do stage 2 then blow out normally repeat 1-3
Deseo con dotó mi corazón poder .
Oh my gosh I can't do this yet !
Persistence is key but not over trying if that makes sense. The time it takes to get the CB varies from person to person, be it days, weeks, months and one guy I taught he'd been trying to get it for 2 or 3 years! So he came to me and it took 3 sessions for him to get it. Anyway, I wish you good luck with it🤗
@@johnthorpedidge Thanks...UPS just delivered my 59 inch teak wood one and I thought it would be easier than a pvc pipe to get the lip buzz going, but apparently not...I'm going to get this eventually
@@donsaxon1948 what diameter is the pvc pipe? 1 1/4 inch easiest or 32 mm. Back pressure determines a lot how easy it is to blow get drone and therefore makes it easier to get CB.
@@johnthorpedidge The pvc is 1.5 but seems it's easier for me to get my lips buzzing ..the teak one is 1.25 ..there doesn't seem like my lips have enough room but probably because I need to exercise them..at this time I can only make them move and sound like a horse
@@donsaxon1948 a horse🤔, well that's better than an elephant🤗. Ok, so you find 1.4 inches easier for lips than 1.25. It is important to get mouthpiece size right. 1.25 is easier to get drone with its back pressure and around 4ft is around key d. However, you might not find that size best for your lips but that's hard to say. The teak may not necessarily be an easy player, so might not be mouthpiece size. It might be that you are over blowing, and may be worth trying to back of pressure when blowing to drop into the drone, if that makes sense...
Do you do private lessons please ?
Hi Steve, yes I do lessons. Where abouts are you?
@@johnthorpedidge hi John, I live in Stevenage , have you got a phone number please ?
Hi, email me on info@johnthorpedidge.com and will give you number...
It’s about timing…!
Who your mob??
?
@@johnthorpedidge mob is the name for tribe mate, the yidaki comes from the Yolngu mob in Northern Territory
@@maxl3189 I'm well aware of origins of yidaki but I've never been called a mob! So it seemed an odd question. Although I teach contemporary I love trad as well and have a few trad yidakis😊.
All the best
John
My mob is me😊
@@johnthorpedidge hahahaha I thought it was kinda funny but all good mate just making sure and my mob is me too
My problem John is squeezing air out of my cheeks it always sounds like a fart lol...and nothing like the decent sounds I'm making. Any suggestions?
Is this when practising off or on the stick. it's ok whilst learning to get CB technique, but you can drop pressure and lip tightness a bit. Let me know where you are with CB, do you have technique and now trying to get it on didge or still trying to get technique🤔